Vocabulary in use vocabulary reference and practice Third Edition Elementary Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

39.3
39.4
39.5
1 This year 
2 This year 
3 This year 
4 This year 
5 This year 
Victoria is going to stop eating chocolate.
1
2
4
3
4
5
This year I’m going to:
stop eating chocolate
pass my driving test
learn Spanish 
watch less TV 
keep my room tidy
Over to 
you
Look in an English magazine or newspaper. Find five examples of 
go
. 
Write them down in your vocabulary notebook.

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86
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
What 
do
 you 
do
?
A: What 
do
you 
do
? [
What is your job?
]
B: I’m a student. / I’m a hairdresser.
A: What 
does
your wife 
do
? [
What’s your wife’s job?
]
B: She’s a doctor. / She’s a teacher. 
(See 
Unit 14: Jobs
.)
Do 
+ activity 
do
the housework
do
the gardening
do
the washing
do
the washing-up
do
your homework
do
some exercises
do
business with
do
your best
A: Did you 
do the washing
this morning?
B: No, I’m going to 
do
it later.
Our company 
does a lot of business with
the US.
The homework is very diff icult – just 
do your best
.
C
D
Do / did / done
40
Do
 as auxiliary
questions 
Do
you 
like
tennis? 
Did
they 
like
the film?
short answers 
Yes, I 
do
. 
Yes, they 
did
.
So 
does
Matteo. 
So 
did
I.
negatives 
He 
doesn’t
play
well. Leo 
didn’t
see
it.
What are you 
doing
?
Do
as a general verb: 
On Saturdays I 
usually
 do 
nothing. 
I just relax.
A
B
Don’t do
that, Tommy. 
What 
are
the people in the picture 
doing
? 
They’re dancing. 
Tip
Make a note of any expressions with 
do
that you find when you are reading in English.
(See 
Unit 41
for the contrast between 
do
and 
make
.)

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Exercises
87
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Write questions and answers about the people in the picture.
40.1
1 (the boy) 
2 (the girls) 
3 (the dog) 
4 (the man in the house) 
5 (the woman) 
6 (the man in the garden) 
Write questions and answers about the jobs of the people in the pictures.
40.2
What is the boy doing? He’s eating an ice cream.
1 
2 
3 
4 
Write questions about what the people in Exercise 40.2 did this morning. Answer the questions 
using the correct form of the phrases in the box.
talk to five patients teach three lessons write an essay go to a meeting
1 
2 
3 
4 
Look at the 
do
 expressions in D. Write sentences using these activities. 
I do a lot of housework but I never do the gardening.
Correct the mistakes in this dialogue.
ANNA
: Where did you went on your holidays? To Wales?
go
PAVEL
: No, we don’t go to Wales this year. We went to Scotland.
ANNA
: Do your grandmother lives in Scotland?
PAVEL
: No, she don’t but my uncle do.
40.3
40.4
40.5
What does Lara Brown do? She’s a secretary. 
What did Lee Atkins do? He taught three lessons.
1 Lara Brown
2 Lee Atkins
3 Sophie Hicks
4 Cooper and Hailey

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88
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Make / made / made
41
Make
 …
Dad is 
making some coffee
. 
Mum is 
making dinner
.
A
I’ll 
make some tea 
/
 hot chocolate
. 
/tSɒkl@t/
I 
make breakfast 
/
 lunch 
/
 dinner 
every day. 
He’s 
making a photocopy
. She’s 
making a film 
/
 video
.
It 
makes
 me (feel) …
Going by train always 
makes me 
(
feel
) tired.
My friend called me stupid. It 
made me 
(
feel
) angry.
That film 
made me 
(
feel
) sad.
B
Expressions
You use 
make
NOT do in these expressions:
I 
made
a mistake
in the exercise.
I want to 
make
an appointment
with the doctor. [
fix a time to see him/her
]
When I get up I 
make my bed
.
The children are 
making a noise
. 
Yes, and they are 
making a mess
in the living room!
I love your new dress – you
 made a 
good
 choice
.
C
Common
 
mistakes
You 
do homework
[
NOT make homework
]. You 
take
or 
do an exam
[
NOT make an exam
].
You 
take a photo
[
NOT make a photo
]. You 
do the washing
[
NOT make the washing
].

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Exercises
89
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Complete the sentences with the correct form of 
make
. 
1 I always 
a lot of mistakes when I speak English.
2 Our neighbours had a party last night. They 
a lot of noise.
3 I am 
dinner for my parents this evening.
4 What do you think, the silver car or the white one? We must 
our choice today.
5 I 
an appointment with the doctor for you. It’s at 5 o’clock.
6 Craig is in the kitchen. He is 
a cup of tea. 
Complete the sentences with 
make(s) / made me feel
 + an adjective from the box.
sick tired sad happy angry
1 That film about the war 
.
2 Long lessons always 
.
3 She was horrible to me; it 
.
4 It’s a lovely song. It 
.
5 That meal was horrible. It 
.
What are these people doing? Complete the sentences using 
make
.
41.1
41.2
41.3
make
made me feel sad
1 He’s 
4 They’re 
2 She’s 
5 The children are 
3 The little boys are 
6 She is 
Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 
1 I have to make my homework.
I have to do my homework.
2 Can I make a photo of you?
3 He’s 25 but he never makes his own washing. He takes his dirty clothes to his mother’s. 
4 Are you making an exam tomorrow?
5 Have you made your homework yet? 
41.4
making a photocopy.
Over to 
you
Make a page for expressions with 
make and do in your vocabulary notebook. Make two
columns – one with the heading 
make
and the other with the heading 
do
. Write down all the
make and do expressions you know in the appropriate columns. Add new expressions to the
page as you meet them.

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90
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Come / came / come
42
Come
and 
go
are diff erent:
Come
 in / out
We say ‘
Come in!
’ when someone knocks at the door of a room.
Then the person who knocked 
comes into
the room.
A
go
come
Come out 
(
of
) is oft en the opposite of 
come in 
(
to
).
A woman 
came out of
the shop with 
two big bags. (I was in the street.) 
You put your money in and the ticket
comes out of
the machine. 
Come
 back and 
come
 home
Come back
means ‘return to this place here’.
She went away for three days. She 
came back
yesterday. 
(She is here again.)
Come back
is oft en used with 
from
.
They 
came back
from
Italy yesterday.
Come home
is similar; ‘home’ is ‘here’ for the person speaking.
MUM
: 
What time did you 
come home
last night?
SADIE
: Oh, about 3 o’clock.
MUM
: 
What! That’s much too late!
Other important uses of 
come
A: What country do you 
come from
? 
B: I’m from Poland. / I 
come from
Poland. 
/
I’m Polish.
We’re going clubbing tonight. Do you want to 
come along
[
come with us
]?
Come and see me
some time. [
visit me
]
B
C
Come in!
Common
 
mistakes
I come from Poland [
NOT I’m coming from Poland
].
Tip
Write down any prepositions you find with 
come
every time you see them.

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Exercises
91
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Fill the gaps in the sentences.
1 I put money in, but the ticket didn’t come 
the machine.
2 A: I’m going to Thailand tomorrow.
B: Oh! When are you coming 
?
A: In two weeks.
3 The teacher came 
the classroom and started the lesson.
4 A: Where do you come 
?
B: I’m Spanish.
5 Come and 
me at 5 o’clock; we can talk about it then.
6 The children come 
school at 4 o’clock.
What do you think these people are saying? Use words from the box.
come from come in come along come here
42.1
42.2
out of
Fill the gaps using 
come
 in the correct form.
1 Did you 
for your letters? They’re on the table.
2 She 
back yesterday.
3 He 
here every Tuesday.
4 
you 
to the party tonight?
5 Pierre 
from a small town in Luxembourg.
Answer these questions for yourself. 
1 What time do you come home every day?
2 What country do you come from?
3 What do you do when you come into your classroom?
42.3
42.4
1 
2 
4 
3 
Come in!
come
We’re going 
to a party. 
Do you want 
to 
?
I 
France.
Come in!
Over to 
you
Look up these verbs in a dictionary. Write down the meaning and one example for each verb. After a 
week, cover the verbs and examples, look at the meanings and see if you can remember the verbs.
Verb Meaning 
Example 
come round 
come across 
come up 

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92
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Take / took / taken
43
Take
 with time (it + take + person + time)
It 
takes
Alan 20 minutes to get to work.
Alan’s house 
→
20 minutes 
→
Alan’s off ice
It 
takes
Grace 45 minutes to get to work.
Grace’s flat 
→
45 minutes 
→
Grace’s off ice
I go to school / university every day. It 
takes
me 
30 minutes.
I do homework every day. It 
took
/tυk/
me two hours 
yesterday.
A: 
How long does it take
to get to the station? 
B: Fift een minutes in a taxi.
A:
 How long did it take you
to learn the Greek alphabet? 
B: A week or two.
Take
 something with you
Are you going out?